Necktie



March 23 1926.

W. COPLAN 'NECKTIE Filed Oct. 17, 1925 Patented li t er. 23, IFZQ.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM COPLAN, OF BALTIMCiR-E, MARYLAND.

NECKTIE.

Application filed October 17, 1925. Serial No. 63,027.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLiAM GOPLAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Baltimore, in the State of h Iaryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

In the manufacture of neckties the larger or tying end of the ties iscut on a bias for the purpose of giving suflicient elasticity to thematerial to permit the proper tying of the. knot. Of course, the innerlining of the larger end of the tie is also cut on the bias. While it isessential that the larger end of the tie and the lining be cut on thebias, yet

the life of the tie is greatly reduced thereby. For it is apparent thatin the tying process the pull that is given to the bias cut ma terialgradually distorts tue material, and when thus pulled out of shape thetie 18 no longer fit for wear. And it is common knowledge that thisdistortion of the material occurs long before the material has shownsigns of wear. Accordingly, the material object of the present inventionis to,

provide means by which the material of the larger end of the tie anditslnnng may retain their elasticity due to the bias cut, but wherebythe tie or its lining will not become distorted from the tyingoperation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to thoseskilledin the art, from the following detailed descrlption, when takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevatlonal view of a necktie constructed inaccordance with my invention; part of the tie being cut away to moreclearly show the construction.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the tie turned inside out.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure l;the figure being exaggerated-to show the structure.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the lower ortying end of the tie; this figure also being exaggerated to more clearlyshow the construction; and

Figure 5 is a detail view of the lower end of the tie, similar to Figure1, except that the flaps have been turned back.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, numeral 1 indicates aconventional four-inhand tie, having the usual larger or tying end 2,and the smaller end 3.

The usual lining is indicated by the numeral at, and as statedhereinbefore, the lining at the larger end is bias cut. In accordancewith the usual practice, however, the lining at the smaller end isstraight cut.

7 The improved means which I have devised consists of a tape or strip ofmaterial 5, of any desired width, which is attached to the tie in amanner now to be described.

There is substantially no stretch or elasticity in the smaller end ofthe tie, for the reason that the lining at that end is cut on thestraight, accordingly at that end of the tie my tape or other strip ofstraight cut material is sewed directly to the tie, as clearly shown inthe upper part of the cut away section of Figure 1, and in Figures 2 and3. This strip 5 obviously takes up a very considerable part of the pullon the smaller end of the tie during the tying operation and by exerting this pull directly on the tape or strip it is apparent that therewill be no tendency for the material of the smaller end of the tie to bestretched out of its proper shape. It is thus seen that one of thefeatures of the invention resides in securing the tape directly to thematerial of the smaller end of the tie.

Referring now to the larger end of the tie, both the material of the tieand the lining are necessarily cut on the bias; accordingly it isapparent that if the straight out tape 5 be attached directly to the tieor to the lining the result would be that the tie and lining would bulgeand wrinkle. It is therefore clear that a bias cut tie and lining cannotbe reinforced by attaching directly thereto a strip of straight outmaterial. This difficulty has been overcome by attaching the straightout tape to the smaller portion of the tie and having it extend throughthe larger part thereof, but being entirely free of any directconnection with the larger end of the tie or lining. In other words thestraight out tape or strip is simply suspended freely in the larger endof the tie.

By reference to the drawings it will be noted that the. stitchingsecuring the tape to the smaller portion of the tie extends to the point6, and from that point on to the larger end of the tie the tape merelyhangs freely. In order to retain the tape loosely in position, a loop 7is provided.

Intying the knot of the usual four-inhand tie, a pull must be exerted onthe larger end in order to shape the knot, and it is this strain whichdistorts the larger end of the tie and renders it useless. In thepresent construction, however, when the larger end is grasped to shapethe knot, the fingers will necessarily grip the tape between the foldsof the material, and consequently the pull will be exerted directly onthe straight out tape, thus relieving the tie material and lining of anydistorting strain, yet at the same time permitting the same freedom ofmovement and elasticity to the tie and lining, which is necessary to theproper shaping of the knot.

The tape or strip 5 may be of any desired material, and its width willvary with different ties; it being necessary only that it be of suchwidth that it will lie between the lingers when the larger end of thetie is grasped to shape the knot. Further, the point 6, at which thestitching terminates, may vary in difi'erent ties.

lVhile I have particularly described my invention as applicable to biascut ties it will be understood that the invention is by no means of suchnarrow scope, but is adaptable to ties formed of any elastic material,the broad idea involved in the invention residing in combining anon-elastic strip with an elastic tie, in such manner that the movementsof the elastic tie are not ali'ected.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described what I nowbelieve to be the best embodiment of the invention, but I do not wish tobe understood thereby as limiting myself or the scope of the invention,as many changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention; all such I aim to include in the scope of theappended claims.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: r

1. A necktie formed of bias cut material, a lining therefor also cut onthe bias, and a reinforcing tape, one portion of said tape being sewedto the tie, and the remaining portion of the tape extending through theremaining portion of the tie but freely mov able with respect to thelatter portion.

2. A necktie formed of bias cut material, a lining therefor also cut onthe bias, and a reinforcing tape, said tape being attached to thesmaller end of said tie, and extend ing through but freely movable withrespect to the larger end.

3. A necktie formed of bias out material, a lining therefor also cut onthe bias, and a reinforcing tape of straight out material, said tapebeing attached to the smaller end of said tie, and extending through butfreely movable with respect to the larger end of the tie, and means forloosely.retaining the free end of the tape in position.

4. A necktie formed of bias cut material, a lining therefor also cut onthe bias, and a reinforcing tape of straight cut material, said tapebeing attached to the smaller end of said tie, and extending through butfreely'movablewith respect to the larger portion of the tie, and a loopfor loosely retaining the free end of the tape in position.

5. A necktie formed of elastic material, a portion of said tie beingnecessarily elastic, and another portion not necessarily elastic, and astrip of non-elastic material attached to that portion of the tie whichis not necessarily elastic, and extendin through the necessarily elasticportion of the tie but freely movable with respect thereto.

6. A necktie formed of elastic material and having a larger and smallerend, and

a reinforcing tape, said tape being sewed to the smaller end, andextending through but freely movable with respect to the larger end.

7. A necktie formed of elastic material and having a larger and smallerend, and a reinforcing tape, said tape being sewed to the smaller end,and extending through but freely movable with respect to the larger end,and a loop for loosely retaining the tape in position.

8. A conventional four-in-hand tie formed of bias cut material, a stripof straight cut material extending through but freely movable withrespect to the larger or tying end of the tie, said strip being attachedto the tie beyond the tying portion thereof.

9. A four-in-hand tie formed of elastic material, a strip of non-elasticmaterial extending through but freely movable with respect to the largeror tying end of the tie, said strip being attached to the tie beyond thetying portion thereof.

WILLIAM COPLAN.

